International student chances for NY colleges

@cappex: The colleges on the OP’s tentative list (#6) range from selective (Manhattan), through more selective (NYU), to most selective (Hamilton). They all can’t be matches. (USNWR categories.)

@electrik0: ECs and APs will be weighed within the context of what was available to you. Course rigour does not have to relate to APs specifically. Selective colleges will often want to see three to four years each of math, science, a non-native language, etc, irrespective of the “titles” of the courses.